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In the past 10 years, I’ve lived in 13 flats, apartments and houses. When you move that frequently you need to find quick and secure anchoring points. for me, one of the first is always a good local independent bookshop. When I look at my bookshelves now I see those shops again, their unique atmospheres and secluded corners evoked in the spines of the books I bought in them. But they’ve also performed another role, offering themselves as places of temporary refuge; caesuras in the day in which my rhythm slows and my mind breathes out for a moment.

Having a local bookshop where you know this experience awaits you is a privilege. But when you find it far from home, as I did recently in Oswestry in Shropshire, it can be even better. I’d broken a long drive north to search out the Wilfred Owen memorial bench in the town of the poet’s birth. Having sat there for a while reading Owen’s verse, I headed back to my car. on the way, however, I was ambushed by Booka, an independent bookshop whose open doors I could not refuse. I emerged an hour later, rested and full of ideas, with a new notebook, a CD of Ivor Gurney’s songs and a collection of poetry. the shop had hummed with community, in the works of the writers on its shelves and in the conversations of the people in the cafe. It might seem a bit much to say but Booka’s few hundred square feet of retail space felt like a force for good in the world that day. My time there, along with Gurney’s songs on my stereo, made the next 200 miles of motorway all the more bearable.

The film of Owen Sheers’s novel Resistance, published by Faber & Faber, will be released on 25 November

TV maker Vizio has always followed its own course, and its first foray into the growing tablet market is no exception. the company’s awkwardly named Vizio 8″ Tablet with Wi-Fi (VTAB1008, $330 as of September 23, 2011) has an 8-inch display, and it eschews Google’s Android 3.x Honeycomb operating system for the older Android 2.3. this bulky tablet could be a good choice for consumers who want to get a taste of life with a tablet, but who have no grandiose expectations for high performance or fancy design.

In some ways, the VTAB1008 is a refreshing surprise. the company provides its own overlay on top of Android 2.3 which makes the interface feel fresh, friendly, and more tablet-appropriate. the company didn’t introduce wholesale revisions of core apps, though; and as a result, the Google Mail app feels clunky compared to the multipane approach in Honeycomb. Ditto for the Music app and for the Web browser, while I’m grousing. but the Apps Menu is better presented than on stock Android 2.3. Overall, I liked what Vizio did better than what I’ve seen with the HTC Sense UI overlay on the HTC Flyer.

Vizio’s special sauce includes its simplification of Android’s notification system; the widget board for aggregating all widgets in one place (instead of placing them on separate home screens, as other Android tablets do); and a cleaner App Menu design, with persistent tabs at the bottom for browser, market, email, gallery, and music.

The company says that its interface customizations–seen here as the application launcher (with all apps and subsets of apps based on categories), notifications, and the tab dock at the bottom–will be consistent with the way its interface will look on the company’s new Vizio Internet Apps plus platform HDTVs and Blu-ray players, due to arrive later in 2011 and beyond. the VIA plus platform will bring Android apps to your TV; the company says that future services and products will tie in to the tablet and other VIA plus platform devices.

Overall, I found the Vizio interface refresh pleasing. From the changing orientation of the three capacitive touch buttons that run along the bottom of the screen–regardless of whether you hold the tablet in portrait mode or landscape mode–to the well-designed lock screen and well-defined power button up top, the Vizio is not just another low-cost tablet.

Vizio’s attention to interface extended to the company’s swapping out the stock keyboard in favor of the SwiftKey X keyboard. this highly responsive keyboard makes typing more natural than on the standard Android offering, and customizations such as having two functions assigned to a key and having a split thumb-keyboard design for use in landscape mode are convenient touches.

The VTAB1008 measures 6.6 inches by 8.1 inches by 0.48 inch thick. At 1.2 pounds, which is about what Samsung’s slim Galaxy Tab 10.1, (named in part for its 10.1-inch display) weighs, it feels too heavy for prolonged one-handed holding.

Vizio doesn’t specify which processor its tablet uses, but it does reveal that the VTAB1008 has a single-core 1GHz Marvell 600 Series ARM CPU and 512MB of memory. the tablet manages to achieve its relatively low $300 price by offering just 4GB of built-in storage–half the storage that the upcoming 7-inch, $200 Lenovo IdeaPad A1 will carry. Worse still, the VTAB1008 makes only 2GB of space available to users, according to the Vizio. the tablet does have a MicroSD Card slot for expanding the storage to up to 32GB, but the slot is hidden beneath a hard plastic flap on the bottom left of the tablet (in portrait mode); you’ll need strong fingernails to pull the tight-fitting flap aside.

The front-facing camera has a low resolution of just 640 by 480 pixels, though it can capture video at 30 frames per second. the Wi-Fi radio supports 802.11b/g/n, and the tablet has both micro HDMI and micro USB ports at the bottom.

Preloaded apps run various Google services such as Android market, Gmail, Google Maps, and YouTube, as well as Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader.

The tablet’s display measures 8 inches diagonally, making it an uncommon specimen in a sea of Android sameness. its 1024-by-768-pixel resolution yielded sharp text, though some fonts were more prone to pixelation than others. Images looked okay, but didn’t impress: my test images lacked detail and sharpness, and skin tones were deficient in natural browns.

One point of distinction: the tablet has a 4:3 aspect ratio, like the Apple iPad 2 and the now-discontinued HP TouchPad, whereas most Android models adopt a 16:9 aspect ratio. Matched against a 7-inch tablet with a 16:9 aspect ratio, the VTAB1008′s extra 1 inch of diagonal length and its 4:3 aspect ratio translate into about 30 percent more surface area for the display. Vizio reports that, in its own testing, Android 2.3 apps optimized for phones scaled up better to a 4:3 aspect ratio than to a 16:9 aspect ratio.

The random apps, including games and news apps, that I downloaded from Android Market did scale far better than such apps typically do on Honeycomb tablets, with their 16:9 aspect ratio. Though it’s hard to recommend a tablet running an operating system not intended for tablet use, Vizio’s implementation is fairly appealing, and it certainly gives you more apps to choose from today. That said, it’s unclear how the coming release of the Android operating system, dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich, will affect the long-term app story for the Vizio Tablet. At this writing, Vizio couldn’t say whether the company will offer an update to Ice Cream Sandwich.

Thanks to the built-in infrared blaster and an included app, you can use the VTAB1008 as a universal remote. That capability remains unusual for now; aside from the VTAB1008, only the upcoming Sony S1 tablet offers the feature. Though it’s a novel idea, I found the Vizio remote app poorly designed. I liked being able to customize setups for different rooms; but inputting my gear was a pain, the on-screen button positions were awkward (especially in view of the size and weight of the tablet), and I couldn’t get the database to cough up critical features for my Pioneer DVD recorder (others worked fine, however). Vizio says that its app should cover 95 percent of home entertainment devices. Sony’s remote control app has a far better layout and configuration, and it recognized my device without a problem.

The tablet handles Adobe Flash playback. unfortunately, the YouTube videos I played tended to have macroblocking artifacts not seen on other tablets.

I liked Vizio’s thoughtful use of three speakers for the audio. this way, you get stereo (left/right) sound no matter how you hold the tablet. in landscape mode, the speakers are situated at the upper left and right edges; in portrait, they’re at top, porting upward. this design permits greater flexibility in how you use the tablet. I wish, though, that there were a way to use the third speaker to improve the audio, or even to impart a surround-sound effect, but that’s not an option. still, despite some tinniness, audio sounded better on the VTAB1008 than on most Android 3.x tablets I’ve tested. whether the credit goes to Vizio’s use of SRS TruMedia, or to Android 2.3′s player codec remains to be seen.

The Vizio VTAB1008 is neither sleek nor cutting edge, but it is usable. the universal remote feature, while not best implementation I’ve seen of this feature, is a compelling extra not found on most rival tablets. If you’re constrained by a tight budget, like the idea of a universal remote, and want a tablet yesterday, the Vizio tablet is worth a look. How long you’ll be satisfied with it will depend in large measure on how Google handles Ice Cream Sandwich.

Cisco Systems, azienda californiana leader nella fornitura di apparati per il networking, introduce il nuovo router Dual-Band wireless E4200 by Linksys. Ricordiamo che la Linksys è una divisione della Cisco Systems che produce apparecchiature informatiche destinate all’utilizzo casalingo o in piccole aziende.Il Linksys E4200 è, come gia detto, un router dual band wireless N, progettato per ottenere prestazioni ottimali home theater e compatibile con Internet TV, Ipad, console per videogiochi, smart phone e dispositivi VoIP, il tutto con una velocità fino a 450 Mbps.

Il router presenta 4 porte Gigabit e una configurazione di antenne 3×3 che contribuiscono a dare velocità e copertura senza precedenti; inoltre una combinazione di amplificatori interni ed esterni accoppiati con sei antenne contribuisce ad aumentare la potenza del segnale su distanze maggiori, garantendo una migliore copertura di rete a casa riducendo così i punti “morti”.L’E4200 dispone anche di un design di nuova generazione che unisce contorni eleganti a queste funzionalità avanzate.

“La Linea Linksys di Cisco continua a guidare il mercato con tecnologie innovative per il crescente numero di case wireless-enabled”, ha detto Simon Fleming-Wood, vice presidente del marketing, Cisco Consumer Products. “Il nuovo router Linksys E4200 è ideale per gli appassionati di home entertainment che vogliono dotare le loro case con la più recente tecnologia wireless o per chi vuole equipaggiare la casa con il miglior router sul mercato di oggi.”

L’E4200 è infine dotato di una porta USB così gli utenti potranno condividere musica e filmati o connettere altri dispositivi in giro per la casa (come ad esempio una stampante in modo tale da poterla utilizzare in modalità stampante wireless). Il software incluso Cisco Connect permetterà una semplice installazione (in tre fasi) fornendo gli strumenti di gestione della rete come il parental control e l’accesso guest.

Di seguito le caratteristiche principali di questo router:

Maximum performance of up to 300 Mbps (2.4) and up to 450 Mbps (5.0GHz)*Simultaneous dual-band (2.4 and 5.0 GHz) with four 10/100/100 gigabit ports3X3 internal MIMO special stream configuration on the 5.0 Ghz band for ideal performance for streaming HD videos, gaming and voiceInternal and external amplifiers for maximum speed at greater distances for added in-home mobilitySix antennas for maximum rangeQuality of Service (QoS) per definire le priorità di banda per i film, la voce o la musicaUPnP media server per l’aggiunta di storage per servire il vostro Internet-TV abilitato o PC server multimedialePorta USB per aggiungere facilmente unità di archiviazione esterneNuovo designQuality of Service (QoS) for prioritizing bandwidth for movies, voice or musicUPnP media server for adding on storage to serve your Internet-enabled TVs or media server PCsUSB port for easily adding external storage drivesNew designAdvanced security: WPA and WPA2 and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) FirewallPlans to support IPv6 in the springCisco Connect software for enabling simple setup, network management tools (parental controls, guest access) and optional advanced settings.

15 pendrives have been spoilt in 30 days, after a couple of uses it stops detecting. plz help. out of these 15 pens 12 of them were of transcend. Please help.
system-p4, operating sys-win XP,eset-nod, plz help

problem with USB port
change it

or u may have virus in computer
scan your computer with avast antivirus.

Have u tried using these pen drives on other systems?
Do u still have the same problem.

Also try running this tool FlashDisinfector after u have plugged in ur flash drive.
After that format the drive.

download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUB…

I have a hardisk 80G not use i want to make as my flash drive is the HDD enclosure is the solution? what size should i choose for the HDD enclosure.

I think maybe you want it to be an external USB drive.And the enclosures are pretty generic in size,but you do want to specify IDE or SATA etc.Your's is probably IDE take it with you to the store to be sure.

I've read on their website reviews that 1/4 of the people complain of slow speeds, errors and after a period of time (maybe 1 year) the usb doesn't get recognized by the computer, do you have any bad experiences with a sandisk micro cruzer usb and how long have you had it for? or have you had for awhile and no problems with it?

terrible – they die pretty quickly. all the reviews are correct. i had one for about 8 months, and after a little while, whenever i plugged it into the usb port, (i varied the port) the computer wouldn't recognize it and might start freezing.

maybe you can try FLV Converter SDK,it offers professional solutions for you to convert FLV to video files of various formats directly online with command line mode, and this set of SDK can enable your multimedia programs to convert the FLV files in the customized way.

flvsdk.com/

they look pretty good and expensive so, prob working well.

I have a Mirra 350GB backup network server and I want to upgrade to a Vista-based PC. I am wondering if the Mirra client software will work on the Vista machine. there is no mention of Vista on the Seagate Mirra site.

hell yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(will not work) 16GB USB FLASH STICK PEN DRIVE SAMSUNG MEMORY 16 GB is installed but will not work

does the computer see it if so try a diff usb slot if that doesn't help i would try gettin the newest storage device drivers or reinstalling them. But its highly unlikely its the drivers probably the pen drive. if the computer sees it try to reformat it maybe that will help but it will also get rid of everything on there.

It seems like the driver for USB drives has been incorrectly installed at first, and is now being called upon each time one is plugged in.

If you aren't using Windows XP or Vista, you will have to manually install the driver. otherwise, Plug the USB drive in, then go to device manager,select the USB mass storage device under USB devices, and uninstall the driver from there. Unplug and replug in the flashdrive and let windows discover it and reinstall the drivers. This should help.

I have the game and all the expansions installed on my internal hard drive but I want to keep the EA games folder onto an external hd to save space because the file is very big. If I delete it off my internal hd will it read all of my game data off of the external hd?

My hardive is almost full and I would like to know what other things you can buy to store pictures, movies and whatever else. Thank you for any answers.

Another hard disk
An external (USB) hard disk
A USB memory stick and other forms of flash memory (such as CF, SD, Sony Memory Stick, etc)
Optical media (DVD-R, CD-R, etc)
Dedicated network fileserver
Floppy disks
Remote storage space (over the Internet)

Get an external HD – I got a Seagate 300GB drive for ~$170.

Easy to use, holds a lot of music and pictures.

Other options are flash drives (don't hold a lot, so you need a bunch of them). CD/DVD ROMS – similar issue to FLASH drives. either is a pain when your looking to find a specific picture. If you want to keep your whole music library with say itunes in one place – the external HDD is the only way to go.

You could maybe burn some of your albums to DVD and that could help free up to 4Gb of data. also as storage space become cheaper and cheaper, some websites are offering on line storage. Gmail accounts can have 2.8 Gb and counting and there are plenty of websites such as Xdrive that provide up to 5 Gb of storage for free. If you would like more storage on your computer you can always get additional internal or external hard-drives. If you want to protect your files from hard-drive crashes, you may want to considering a RAID array. when I was facing space issues I just got a new internal hard-drive that I dedicated for pictures and videos.